The Syrian and refugee crises, the violent radicalisation in Europe, and global xenophobia stir up anew the link between the human quest for meaning and hope within the realm of human misery and destructive acts of severe ...

The pastoral ministry of caregiving inevitably implies a cost. The spiritual ethos in the Christian ministry implies a huge sacrifice. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (see footnote 9 in the article) described this ethos as ‘the cost ...

In the social and healing sciences the notion of a holistic approach in human health is a well-established concept. In care-giving an interdisciplinary model is inevitable. However, what is the contribution of a Christian ...

Violence is a reality within the South African society and it has a devastating effect on the victims, the perpetrators and the society at large. The recent outbreak of xenophobic violence in De Doorns in the Western Cape, ...

n a systemic approach to life care (cura vitae), position and habitus becomes more
predominant as guiding constructs in theory formation for a pastoral anthropology than
personality and behaviour and their relatedness ...

Praxis in pastoral care and counselling entails more than merely practice and practicalities
(communication skills). Praxis refers to the intentionality within human action and behaviour.
Praxis exhibits the realm of ...

The philosophy of the middle ages can be described as the period of scholasticism. Scholasticism is a technical term for the period wherein the Christian faith and doctrine started to merge with the paradigms of ancient, ...

The paper, based on a masters’ thesis, explores the possibility of extending the traditional
understanding of theology as fides quarens intellectum, with its emphasis on
knowledge, to fides quares imaginem, with its ...

How should healing be viewed and what is the contribution of Chrsitian spirituality to the dimension of pastoral therapy and the healing of life? It is argued that pastoral care should supplement the traditional cura ...